Records of That Day
1976 / 1979 / 2016
1976
I got my first cassette tape recorder when I was 13. My first cassette tapes contain Japanese hits of the time that I recorded off the radio.
February 17, 1979
A newspaper clipping announcing Earth, Wind & Fire's first concert in Japan and a ranking of the music that was popular in Japan at the time.
The pop radio charts included Rod Stewart, Queen, J. Geils Band, Foreigner, Japan, Ian Matthews, The Stranglers, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Village People, with Earth, Wind & Fire's September coming in at number 6.
April 1, 1979
That day, I was 15 years old and went to see my first ever concert. It was an Earth, Wind & Fire concert in Nagoya. And I was knocked out.
April 1, 2016
At 11:43 a.m. that day, an emergency alert was sent to my smartphone. It said, "An earthquake has occurred southeast of Mie Prefecture. Please be aware of strong shaking." A few seconds after receiving the alert, the shaking reached the area where I lived, but fortunately there was no major damage.
November 9, 2016
At 4:59 pm that day, I saw the news that this man had been declared the winner of the US presidential election.
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That's a great idea for a post.
Great memories, captured.